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John Pankow

John Pankow

2 films · 242 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19852014

Born 28 April 1954 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

John Pankow is an American film and stage actor. He is perhaps best known for a supporting role on the sitcom Mad About You (1993-1999).

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How their films are shot

Measured across 242 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work John takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 2 films we hold, 51% of their frames are night, 43% natural — the look of the work John takes.

Time of day

Night51%
Day28%
Interior17%

Lighting

Natural43%
Low key43%
High key12%

Shot size

Medium50%
Closeup33%
Wide10%
Establishing5%

Camera angle

Eye level89%
High angle6%
Low angle4%

Mood

Neutral68%
Tense16%
Ominous7%
Lonely5%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 242 frames from John Pankow's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.